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1441. Sims 2 Artwork, WW Interview

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 16:32 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Our affiliate Sims Extremos has posted a new artwork at the last day of last year. It shows some generations with a green background, and you can see it here. They've also posted a small interview with Will Wright, with some interesting information about cancelled games (SimsVille and SimMars). It was posted prior to the GameSpot Designer diary, and says that The Sims being followed to their jobs is "probably" the secret feature that would be announced. We know differently now, as it's the camera features that were announced. You can read the entire interview right here.

1442. SimDay [Update]

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 16:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This SimDay isn't a very big one, but it's something. It comes with some 'new' screenshots, which have been seen at other sites before. If you still want to see them at the official Sims 2 site, click here. Besides that there's some new info about GameSpot's Designer Diary. If you'd like to know more about that, click here. Finally, there's been a community update again, and for the second time in history The Sims Zone is mentioned in it. It's about the updated Neighborhood Handler and Add-on Handler. Those have been updated last month, adding Makin' Magic compatibility and new features.

[Update 21:40] The official Sims 2 website has also posted an updated Sims 2 fansite kit with a lot of new material again. You can download that from this page. The Console section at the Sims 1 website has also been updated with new walkthroughs for Bustin' Out on the Consoles and the GBA. You can use these if you're stuck in the Bustin' Out mode of the game. That really is all this SimDay.

1443. New Poll

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've just added a new weekly poll again. I skipped posting about it last week because of new year, so for the results for the poll "What game speed do you usually play at?" click here. In last week's poll, the first of the new year, we asked you how much you think you'll be playing The Sims in 2004, compared to 2003. We got very many votes, 348 in total. The most popular option was that The Sims 1 will be played less, but The Sims 2 a lot more instead, with 47.4% of the votes. A pretty close second is "Of course, if not more!" wit 40.8% of the votes. The other 3 options got less than 10% each. Click here for the exact results. If you want to know about the new poll: we're wondering what your favourite zoom level is, in which you play the Sims 1. Vote at the right or this page.

1444. SimCity 5 in the make

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 00:38 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Although we don't usually focus on it, it is interesting to note that Maxis is working on a new SimCity. It hasn't been announced yet, but there is a job opening for Art Director. The game hasn't been announced yet though, and it's not sure when Maxis will do so. Personally, I don't expect a quick release, it'll probably be 2005 before SimCity 5 will meet the shelves. It might be announced this year, perhaps before the E3 in May, otherwise probably next year. It is indeed a long wait, but at least SimCity 4 isn't the final SimCity game yet. More information about the job can be found at the EA Jobs site.

1445. TS2: More confirmation for release

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 00:32 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although the date 19 March was mentioned some time ago, it still hasn't been confirmed as European release date for The Sims 2. But, after EA Germany removed the release date from their info page, EA Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg) has now given a list of release dates for several games that will be released in Europe the first quarter of 2004. Besides SimCity 4 Deluxe coming to Europe on 31 January (it hasn't been released yet), they also stated that The Sims 2 will be released 19 March. This is no guarantee that the game will be released then, but as it's been mentioned several times already it probably is the closest estimate so far. Note that the real release date is not definite until it's confirmed by Maxis. This news comes from the Dutch Gamer.nl. Note that the US release will probably be a bit earlier, probably about a week before the European release.

1446. TS2 Designer Diary 6

Written on Wednesday 7 January 2004 at 13:16 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Like other things get delayed, so was the sixth designer diary of The Sims 2 at GameSpot. Since Maxis announced that it would announce a new feature that we hadn't heard of before, people have been waiting for it. It's now been posted, so here's a quote:

"Once we initially experienced it for ourselves, we felt we needed to take one more step for those players who really make storytelling the center of their play experience. It was for those players that we decided to completely blow away the old limits and introduced a new way of viewing the game: camera mode. In the camera mode, you can now travel all over the game environment as if you were a sim: run up and down stairs, get behind or under objects, and even get right up into the faces and see the expressions and emotions of the sims who are the stars of your stories."

Besides that, you can also look through the eyes of your Sim, and experience what their lives are really like. You won't be able to select any objects whatsoever, but instead you can just follow your Sim. This part of the designer diary, written by Lucy Bradshaw, is mostly about the story-telling in The Sims 2, and mostly how it's been improved since The Sims 1. It's a must-read, click here to do so. There are also some newly posted screenshots.

1447. Thursday Chat with Will

Written on Wednesday 7 January 2004 at 09:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The weekly chat on Thursday this time doesn't have much to do with The Sims, as it's only open to SimCity 4 product registered people. The previous chat with Will Wright wasn't open for those people because of some error, and Maxis is making up for that now. If you have SimCity 4, and want to join the chat, make sure you're there tomorrow, at 3pm PST, which is 11pm in the UK, and midnight in Europe, as usual. You can enter through the SimCity website.

1448. New Bustin' Out Reviews

Written on Tuesday 6 January 2004 at 19:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In the past week, several gaming sites have posted a review of The Sims Bustin' Out, either on the GBA, the consoles, or both. Here are links to the new GBA reviews:

GameSpy (Score: 4/5)

Gaming Age (Score: B)

WorthPlaying (Score: 7.5/10)
And of course there are also new reviews for the PS2, GameCube and X-Box versions of the game:

GameNikki (PS2, Score: 8/10)

GameNikki (GameCube, Score: 8/10)

Game Revolution (PS2, GameCube, X-Box, Score: B)

GameZilla (X-Box, Score: 3.3/5)

GameZone (PS2, Score: 8.2/10)

Gaming Age (X-Box, Score: C+)

Microsoft X-Box World (X-Box, Score: 7/10)

For more reviews of these games from other sites, including a quote and score, check out our review indexes. Click here for the GBA reviews, or right here for the reviews of the PS2, GameCube and X-Box versions. More review indexes can be found in the Extras section.

 

1449. Bustin' Out Cheats Updated

Written on Sunday 4 January 2004 at 23:45 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

The official site has been updated with some more cheats for Bustin' Out: All Socials can now be unlocked, as well as a Team Photo. I've also found some extra codes on several other sources. That means there are now a few alternative codes for the GameCube, and a money cheat for the PlayStation 2 (after a long wait by some of you). Not all of these codes have been confirmed yet, and posting a comment to this news item would be appreciated, so you can help others out. I don't have the game and I'm not able to help much, besides giving the info I post on this site. Here are some links where you can find help with the cheats:

The Cheats page
Previous news post (1)
Previous news post (2)
Previous news post (3)
Official Site's BBS
Cheats at official site

As I said, if you can give any help as well, that'd be appreciated a lot by many people. Please post a comment to this news item if you found more info about a cheat.

1450. New: Maxis.Com

Written on Sunday 4 January 2004 at 22:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has opened up a new company website not long ago. They used to have one until a couple of years ago, and now a brand new site is open. It gives some basic info (a timeline, jobs and a link to the EA Store), and it has links to the websites of several games Maxis made recently and in the past, since they were acquired by EA. That means you won't be able to find any official sites of old games like SimAnt, SimCopter etc., as there simply aren't any. Nevertheless, Maxis.com is a website that every fan should pay a visit to.